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COVID-19 "Humanitarianism": Geopolitical Logics of Chinese, American, and Russian Assistance (with Brittnee Carter)
Brill, 1 May 2024
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Webs of Corruption: Trafficking and Terrorism in Central Asia (with Lawrence Markowitz)
Columbia University Press, May 2019
Book Press
Review: Journal of Peace Research, August 2019, by Pavel K. Baev
Review: International Affairs, Volume 96, Issue 1, January 2020, pp 252-253, by Anja Mihr
Review: Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume 33, Issue 8, pp 1810-1811, 2021, by Lucien Frary
Interview: Untangling Webs of Corruption: Trafficking and Terrorism in Central Asia
The Diplomat, Catherine Putz, 9 October 2019
Blog: "Beneath the ‘Crime-Terror Nexus": Local Power Struggles, Competition over Resources, and Corrupt State (with Lawrence Markowitz)
Owl in the Olive Tree, Minerva Research Initiative, 6 December 2019
Democracy in Central Asia? Competing Perspectives and Alternative Strategies
University Press of Kentucky, 21 July 2015
Book Press
Review: Choice, Volume 53, Issue 4, 2015, by R.W. Olson
Review: Democratization, Volume 23, Issue 6, pp 1097-1099, 2015, by Christopher H. Stefes
Review: Europe-Asia Studies, Volume 68, Issue 5, pp 950-951, 2016, by Adam Lenton
Review: International Affairs, Volume 93, Issue 2, pp 493-494, 2017, by Ivar Dale
Review: Central Asian Survey, Volume 36, Issue 4, pp 583-585, 2017, by Aliya Tskhay
Interview: Competing Perspectives on Democracy in Central Asia
The Diplomat, Catherine Putz, 26 August 2015
Nationalism and Identity Construction in Central Asia: Dimensions, Dynamics, and Directions
Lexington Press, Editor, December 2014
Book Press
Review: Europe-Asia Studies, Volume 68, Issue 5, pp 950-951, 2016, by Julie Gerlach
Review: Central Asian Survey, Volume 35, Issue 4, pp 577-578, 2016, by Diana T. Kudaibergenova
Counterterrorism Policies in Central Asia
Routledge, 2011
Awarded the Outstanding Academic Title by Choice
Book Press
Review: Central Asian Survey, Volume 31, Issue 1, pp 108-109, 2012, by Stephen Blank
Journal Articles and Peer-Reviewed Research Reports
Russia in a Changing Climate (with 16 Authors)
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews (WIREs), Climate Change, Volume 15, Issue 2, March 2024
The Queens' Gambit: Women Leadership, Gender Expectations, and Interstate Conflict (with Britnee Carter) – Abstract
The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, OnlineFirst, 9 January 2024
A “Good” Samaritan? The Geopolitics of Russia’s Covid-19 Assistance
Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies, Volume 61, Issue 1, pp 1-23, 2023
A Framework for Explaining P/CVE Programs: A Case Study of Kazakhstan (with Anastassiya Reshetnyak)
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2022
COVID-19 in Central Asia: (De-)Securitization of a Health Crisis (with Lawrence Markowitz)
Problems of Post-Communism, Volume 69, Issue 1, pp 92-102, 2022
Rethinking Intersections of Crime and Terrorism: Insights from Political Economies of Violence (with Lawrence Markowitz)
International Studies Review, Volume 23, Issue 4, December 2021
Human Trafficking-Terrorism Nexus: When Violent Non-State Actors Engage in the Modern-Day Slavery (with Nazli Avdan)
Journal of Conflict Resolution, Volume 65, Issue 9, October 2021
Repression Trap: The Mechanisms of Escalating State Violence in Russia
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Report, July 2021
Pandemic Politics in Eurasia: Roadmap for a New Research Subfield (with Marlene Laruelle and others)
Problems of Post-Communism, Volume 68, Number 1, pp 1-16, 2021
Economic Crises and Terrorism: Analyzing Competing Economic Pressures on Terrorism in Russia (with Clayton Webb)
Journal of Global Security Studies, Volume 6, Number 3, 2021
When Does the Crime-Terror Nexus Fail to Materialize? Drug Trafficking, Militants, and the State in Russia (with Lawrence Markowitz)
Journal of Global Security Studies, Volume 6, Issue 2, pp 1-19, June 2021
Democratic or Cultural Peace?: Examining the Joint Democratic Peace Proposition through the Lens of Shared Emancipative Values (with Brittnee Carter)
European Journal of International Security, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp 1-19, 2019
Does Drug Trafficking Impact Terrorism? Afghan Opioids and Terrorist Violence in Central Asia (with Lawrence P. Markowitz)
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Volume 42, Number 12, 2019
Kazakhstan’s Multi-Vectorism and Sino-Russian Relations (with Ruoxi Du)
Insight Turkey, Volume 20, Number 4, pp 95-110, 1 October 2018
Liberalism and Religion: Amplifiers of War between Democratic and Non-Democratic States? (with Brittnee Carter)
Democracy & Security, Volume 14, Number 3, pp 300-319, 2018
Disciplined and Undisciplined Repression: Illicit Economies and State Violence in Central Asia’s Autocracies (with Lawrence Markowitz)
Post-Soviet Affairs, Volume 36, Number 6, pp 367-383, 2018
Covert Operations, Wars, Detainee Destinations, and the Psychology of Democratic Peace (with Chris Crandall, Ryan Beasley, and Owen Cox)
Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2018, Volume 68, Number 5, pp 929-956, May 2018
Religion and Politics: Examining the Impact of Faith on Political Participation (with Ranya Ahmed) – Abstract
Religion, State & Society, Volume 46, Issue 1, pp 4-25, 21 August 2018
A New Russian Holiday Has More Behind It Than National Unity: the Political Functions of Historical Commemorations – Abstract
Australian Journal of Politics and History, Volume 63, Issue 3, pp 430-442, 12 September 2017
Special Issue: Centenary (Inter)national, 1914-1924: The Commemoration and Historical Memory in International Relations
Military Aid and Human Rights: Assessing the Impact of U.S. Security Assistance Programs on Civilians’ Rights in the Situations of Conflict (with Brittnee Carter and Luke Campbell)
Political Science Quarterly, Volume 132, Number 1, pp 119-144, Spring 2017
Critical Geopolitics on Russian Foreign Policy: Uncovering the Imagery of Moscow’s International Relations – Abstract
International Politics, Volume 53, Issue 6, pp 708-726, 22 September 2016
Authoritarian Legitimation: Assessing Discourses of Legitimacy in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
Central Asian Survey, Volume 35, Number 4, pp 481-500, 2016
An Unending Quest for Russia’s Place in the World: The Discursive Co-Evolution of the Study and Practice of International Relations in Russia (with Lidiya Zubytska)
New Perspectives: Interdisciplinary Journal of CEE Politics & IR, Volume 24, Number 1, 2016
This Isn’t Your Usual Obstacle Course: Critical Pedagogy with Special Operations Forces (with Shannon O’Lear, Thomas Heilke, and Eric Hanley)
Geoforum, Volume 75, pp 159-167, October 2016
Islam and Power Legitimation: Instrumentalisation of Religion in Central Asian States
Contemporary Politics, Volume 22, Issue 2, pp 144-163, 2016
Competing Perspectives on Democracy and Democratization: Assessing Alternative Models of Democracy Promoted in Central Asian States
Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Volume 27, Number 4, December 2014
Terrorism in Central Asia: Dynamics, Dimensions, and Source
Education About Asia, Volume 18, Number 3, Winter 2013
Russia’s Foreign Policy Toward Iran: A Critical Geopolitics Perspective
Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Volume 14, Issue 3, pp 331-344, 10 October 2012
Natural Disasters: Triggers of Political Instability?
International Interactions, Volume 37, Issue 4, pp 441-465, 30 November 2011
Islam in Kazakhstan: A Survey of Trends and Conditions for Securitization
Central Asia Survey, Volume 30, Number 2, pp 243-256, June 2011
Between Commitment and Pragmatism: Assessing International Influence on Human Rights Practices in Georgia
Journal of Human Rights, Volume 9, Number 4, pp 445-466, 2010
Ethnic Dimension of Religions Extremism and Terrorism in Central Asia
International Political Science Review, Volume 31, Issue 2, pp 167-186, 2010
Security Rights Violations in the Context of Counterterrorism: Analysis of the Post-Soviet Nations
The International Journal of Human Rights, Volume 14, Issue 2, pp 166-188, 2010
Convergence of Counterterrorism Policies: A Case Study of Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia
Studies of Conflict and Terrorism, Volume 32, Issue 10, pp 893-908, 2009
Reference Group Perspective on State Behavior: A Case Study of Estonia’s Counterterrorism Policies
Europe Asia Studies, Volume 61, Issue 3, pp 483-504, 9 April 2009
Combating Terrorism in Central Asia: Explaining Differences in States’ Responses to Terror
Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume 19, pp 369-394, 2007.
Peer-Reviewed Chapters
The Oxford Handbook of Politics in Muslim Societies
Chapter 20: Illicit Economies and Political Violence in Central Asia (with Lawrence Markowitz) – Abstract
Oxford University Press, 2 September 2020
Strategic Assessment 2020: Into a New Era of Great Power Competition
Part III: Geostrategic Interactions in a New Era
Chapter 10: Rogues, Disrupters, and Spoilers in an Era of Great Power Competition (with Bryce Loidolt and James Przystup), pp 219-232
Chapter 11: Counterterrorism in a New Era of Great Power Competition (with Dr. Zachary M. Abuza, R. Kim Gragin, and Hassan Abbas), pp 233-250
National Defense University Press, 2020
Handbook of Russian Security Studies
Chapter: Russia’s Regional and Global Counterterrorism Strategies: How Moscow’s Vision of the New Global Order Affects its Approach to Terrorism
Routledge, pp 266-276, 2019
Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy
Chapter: Russian Foreign Policy in Central Asia
Routledge, pp 325-337, 2018
Routledge Handbook of Politics in Asia
Part I: A Comprehensive Introduction to Comparative Asian Politics
Chapter 5: The Fault Lines of Democratization in Central Asia
Routledge, 2018
Central Asia in the Era of Sovereignty: The Return of Tamerlane?
Chapter: Human Rights and Governance in Central Asia
Lexington Books pp 57-80, 16 March 2018
Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science
Chapter: Democracy and Dictatorship in Central Asia – Abstract
New York: Oxford University Press, 2013 (Revised: 2015 and 2018)
The Palgrave Handbook of Global Counterterrorism Policy
Chapter: Russia’s Counterterrorism Policy: Variations on an Imperial Theme
Palgrave, pp 515-534, 2017
Area Studies in the Global Era: Community, Place, Identity
Chapter: The Multiple Faces of Islamic Rebirth in Central Asia
Northern Illinois University Press, pp 143-158, 2015
Nationalism and Identity in Central Asia
Chapter: Eye on the International Image: Turkmenistan’s Nation Branding
Lexington Press, Editor, pp 91-110, 2014
The International Dimensions of Authoritarian Persistence in the Former Soviet Union
Title: Central Asian Conceptions of “Democracy”: Ideological Resistance to International Democratization
Lexington Press, pp 81-104, 2013
Foreign Policy in Comparative Perspective: Domestic and International Influences and State Behavior
Chapter: Russian Foreign Policy
CQ Press, pp 94-117, 25 April 2012
International Studies Online
Chapter: Russian Security and Nuclear Policies: Successor to the Superpower Arsenal?
Wiley-Backwell (in association with International Studies Association), 2011
21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook
Chapter: Constructivism
Sage Publications, 2010
The International Studies Encyclopedia
Chapter: Reform in Russia and China: A Comparative Perspective (with John Kennedy) – Summary
Blackwell Publishing, Vol. IX, pp 6134-6152, 2010
Book Reviews and Non-Peer Reviewed Articles
Review – The Russian Understanding of War: Blurring the Lines between War and Peace
Author: Oscar Jonsson
Joint Forces Quarterly, Volume 97, Issue 2, pp 112-113, April 2020
Review – The Credibility Challenge: How Democracy Aid Influences Election Violence
Author: Borzyskowski
Political Science Quarterly, Volume 135, Number 2, pp 332-333, Summer 2020
Review – The New Geopolitical Realities for Russia: From the Black Sea to the Mediterranean
Editor: Nurşin Ateşoğlu Güney
The Russian Review, Volume 79, Issue 2, pp 343-344, April 2020
Review – Russia Abroad: Driving Regional Fracture in Post-Communist Eurasia and Beyond
Editor: Anna Ohanyan
The Russia Review, Volume 78, Issue 3, pp 531-532, July 2019
Russian Policy in Syria and the Middle East: Termination, Delight, and Disappointment
Part II: Russia's Military Involvement in Syria and its Impact
Chapter: Russia in Syria: Reshaping the Global Order or Fighting Terrorism?
Central Asia Program Paper Number 212, George Washington University,19 January 2019
Review – Uzbekistan’s Foreign Policy: the Struggle for Recognition and Self-Reliance under Karimov
Author: Teles Fazendeiro
Central Asian Survey, Volume 38, Issue 1, 2019
Review – U.S. Foreign Policy and Muslim Women’s Human Rights
Author: Kelly J. Shannon
H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences, April 2018
Review – The Authoritarian Public Sphere: Legitimation and Autocratic Power in North Korea, Burma, and China
Author: Alexander Dukalskis
Review of Politics, Volume 80, Issue 1, pp 189-192, Winter 2018
Review – Kyrgyzstan Beyond “Democracy Island” and “Failing State”: Social and Political Changes in a Post-Soviet Society
Editors: Marlene Laruelle and Johan Engvall
Slavic Review, Volume 76, Number 1, pp 246-247, 2017
Review – Russia’s Foreign Policy: Ideas, Domestic Politics and External Relations
Editors: David Cadier and Margot Light
European Review of International Studies, Volume 4, Number 1, pp 90-92, 2017
Review – Eurasia 2.0: Russian Geopolitics in the Age of New Media
Editors: Mikhail Suslov and Mark Bassin
The Russian Review, Volume 76, Number 1, pp 194-195, 2016
Countering Violent Extremism: Developing an evidence-base for policy and practice
Chapter 6: Terrorism/Crime Nexus in Central Asia: Implications for Countering Violent Extremism and Terrorism
Countering Violent Extremism: Developing an evidence-base for policy and practice, pp 47-54, 2015
Review – The Transformative Power of Deliberation: When Ethnic Protests Lead to Democratization
Author: Sherrill Stroschein
International Studies Review, Volume 15, Number 4, pp 631-633, December 2013
Review – Non-Governmental Organizations in World Politics: The Construction of Global Governance
Author: Peter Willetts
Human Rights Quarterly, Volume 34, pp 300-303, 2012
Failures and Prospects of Regional Organizations: Lessons from the Post-Soviet Space and Beyond (with Lidiya Zubytska)
The Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Affairs, Volume XIII, Number II, pp 97-102, 2012
Post-Soviet and Liberal Transitions: Wherefore, to What Effect, and How? – Extract
International Studies Review, Volume 12, Issue 2, pp 305-308, 7 June 2010
Threats and Prospects in Combating Terrorism: A Challenge for Domestic or Transnational Cooperation
Series 2: Research Reports No. 41
Chapter 1: Russia’s Counterterrorism Legislation, Warts and All: Overview and Assessment of the Legal Framework for Combating Terrorism in the Russian Federation
National Defence University (Helsinki, Finland), pp 1-20, 2009
Research-Based Policy Memos and Op-Eds
United We Stand (With Russia?) How Moscow’s Soft Power Shaped Views on the War
PONARS Eurasia, Policy Memo Number 810, 14 November 2022
Fortress Ukraine
PONARS Eurasia, Policy Exchange, 9 June 2022
Influencers, Echo Chambers, and Epistemic Bubbles: Russia’s Academic Discourse in the Wake of the War in Ukraine
PONARS Eurasia, 31 May 2022
COVID-19 “Humanitarianism”: The Geopolitics of Russia's Coronavirus Assistance
PONARS Eurasia, 13 December 2021
Kazakhstan-Russia Relations in the Wake of the January Unrest
Russian Analytical Digest's, Special Issue on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: First Assessments and Geopolitical Implications, No. 278, 1 March 2022
The Hidden Role of Organized Crime in Kazakhstan's Unrest
Political Violence At A Glance, 14 January 2022
Asia and the “Global War on Terror”
The Diplomat, Issue 82, 1 September 2021
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Afghanistan: Old Fears, Old Barriers to Counterterrorism Cooperation
ISPI Think Tank, 26 August 2021
Central Asian Responses to COVID-19: Regime Legitimacy and [De]Securitization of the Health Crisis (with Lawrence Markowitz)
PONARS Eurasia, Policy Memo Number 682, 1 March 2021
Why Did Kyrgyz Voters Give Up Parliamentarism?
The Diplomat, 12 January 2021
Washington’s Security Assistance to Kyiv: Improving Long-Term Returns on Military Investments in Ukraine
PONARS Eurasia, Policy Memo Number 614, 27 September 2019
The United States and Uzbekistan: Military-to-Military Relations in a New Era of Strategic Partnership,
PONARS Eurasia, Policy Memo Number 605, 31 July 2019
The Impact of Economic Crisis on Counterterrorism Measures in Russia (in German)
The Russland-Analysen, NR 370, 3 May 2019
The Nature and Sources of Terrorist Threat in Russia: An “Armed Underground” or ISIL? (with Lawrence Markowitz)
PONARS Eurasia, Policy Memo Number 550, 26 November 2018
How Russia’s Economic Recession Benefits Moscow Politically in Its “Near Abroad”
PONARS Eurasia, Policy Memo Number 522, 10 April 2018
U.S. Security Assistance to Central Asia: Examining Limits, Exploring Opportunities
PONARS Eurasia, Policy Memo Number 487, 13 October 2017
Eurasia’s CSTO and SCO: A Failure to Address the Trafficking/Terrorism Nexus
PONARS Eurasia, Policy Memo Number 455, 31 January 2017
The U.S. has a long history of hacking other democracies (with Chris Randall and Ryan Beasley)
Washington Post, Monkey Cage, 20 December 2016
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Uzbekistan. Stable Transition into Volatile Future
New Eastern Europe, 15 September 2016
Mariya Omelicheva about Democracy in Central Asia (in Russian)
Central Asian Analytical Network, 16 September 2016
Religion has been used as a source of unity and peace but also a source of war and conflict
PONARS Eurasia, 31 May 2016
Professor Develops Framework to Test How Governments Use Religion in Rhetoric
The University of Kansas, News, 26 May 2016
Russia’s ‘Checks and Balances’ On Kazakhstan’s Quest for Military Independence
Russian Analytical Digest, Number 188, pp 5-10, 3 August 2016
A Trafficking-Terrorism Nexus in Central Asia
The Diplomat, 30 June 2016
Interview – Competing Perspectives on Democracy in Central Asia
The Diplomat, Catherine Putz, 26 August 2015
Is Russian Democracy Real Democracy?
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Other Publications and Research-Based Activities
Russia in Central Asia – Video
PONARS Eurasia Online Academy, 9 December 2021
Russia’s Counterterrorism Policy – Video
PONARS Eurasia Online Academy
Understanding Organized Crime and Violence in Central Asia (with Lawrence Markowitz)
Special Report prepared for the United States Institute of Peace, June 2021
How Central Asia Understands Democracy – Introduction
New Eastern Europe, Issue 6, pp 25-30, 31 October 2017
Islamist Activity in Kazakhstan
World Almanac of Islamism, American Foreign Policy Council, 2017
After Beslan: Changes in Russia’s Counterterrorism Policy
e-International Relations, 15 October 2012
Russia’s Counterterrorism Policy: Variations on an Imperial Theme
Perspectives on Terrorism, Volume 3, Number 1, pp 3-10, April 2009
Manuscripts and Proposals Reviewed
Presses
Georgetown University Press
The University Press of Kentucky
Palgrave McMillan
Columbia University Press
The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
Lexington Press
Journals
American Undergraduate Journal of Politics and Government
Asian Security
British Journal of Political Science
Central Asian Survey
Comparative Political Studies
Comparative Politics
Democratizatsiya
Contemporary Politics
Europe-Asia Studies
International Studies Perspectives
International Political Science Review
International Politics
Journal of Politics
Journal of Global Security Studies
Journal of Political Science Education
Journal of International Relations and Development
Journal of Intervention and State-Building
Journal of Peace Research
Nationalities Papers
Political Research Quarterly
Problems of Post-Communism
Public Policy and Administration
Religion, State and Society
Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
Terrorism and Political Violence
Grant Agencies
United States Institute of Peace
Minerva Initiative
National Science Foundation
National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation, Kazakhstan
The Austrian Science Fund
The Republic of Georgia Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation
Interviews and Commentaries
Vox
Harper’s Magazine
Deutsche Welle
Forbes
Trouw, Dutch Daily Newspaper
Politico
The Atlantic
Roll Call
CBC News
The French Daily
TRT World
Doxa, Russian-Language Independent Outlet
The Voice of America
WHYY, Philadelphia’s NPR Affiliate
KMBC radio (Kansas City)
6News (Lawrence, KS)
WIBW radio (Topeka, KS)
Kansas City Star (Newspaper)
41News (Kansas City)
Last Refuge Radio (New York, NY)
Lawrence Journal World
The University Daily Kansan
Central Standard, KCUR 89.3FM – Kansas City Public Media
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Central Asian Analytical Network